hillkitler
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- 1993 Explorer XLT
Firstly, hello everybody! I've been lurking around these forums for a few years now, finding little tidbits of advice as I needed them. I've done my fair share of repairs based on the knowledge that I've found here, but it now seems that I have an issue that I can't find a clear answer to. So I've turned to you, directly, at long last.
Earlier this evening, I was sitting in line at a drive thru when I began hearing a gurgling noise accompanied by the unmistakable sound of liquid pouring onto pavement. I could also smell (through the vents) what struck me as burnt coolant. I pulled forward and noticed that I was leaking coolant behind me. I parked my X, turned it off and popped the hood to find that my coolant reservoir was overflowing at an alarming rate. There was also quite a bit of white smoke.
Being the incredibly sensible person that I am, I decided it would be a good idea to unscrew the radiator cap, which, as I'm sure you would have guessed, also began spraying out and overflowing. I immediately replaced the cap and restarted the vehicle to check the temperature. Everything looked normal, so I hopped in and began my journey back home, feeling that the issue could be better dealt with if I wasn't in a parking lot. I felt a definite loss of power and heard a constant ticking noise that increased in volume when accelerating, but disappeared once my foot was off of the gas.
On my way home, the vehicle stalled at a light and would not turn over. I pushed it around the corner and tried starting it again, successfully. I drove the rest of the way home, during which the ticking and loss of power became far more pronounced. The temperature also shot up very quickly. The car stalled again around 2 miles down the road, in front of my house, luckily enough. I popped the hood and noted that the reservoir was once again overflowing. I let it cool down for awhile before removing the radiator cap, which immediately began spewing profuse amounts of coolant. I tried starting the car again, but it has since refused to do so. I could hear gurgling in the upper radiator hose around 20 minutes after the engine had been shut off and last I checked, both the radiator and the reservoir were completely filled with coolant. There does not appear to be any oil in the coolant or vice versa and I'm somewhat stumped as to what could be going on here. Help would be very much appreciated.
TL; DR - Ticking noise when accelerating, stalled, Coolant reservoir is overflowing, won't start.
Please help!
Earlier this evening, I was sitting in line at a drive thru when I began hearing a gurgling noise accompanied by the unmistakable sound of liquid pouring onto pavement. I could also smell (through the vents) what struck me as burnt coolant. I pulled forward and noticed that I was leaking coolant behind me. I parked my X, turned it off and popped the hood to find that my coolant reservoir was overflowing at an alarming rate. There was also quite a bit of white smoke.
Being the incredibly sensible person that I am, I decided it would be a good idea to unscrew the radiator cap, which, as I'm sure you would have guessed, also began spraying out and overflowing. I immediately replaced the cap and restarted the vehicle to check the temperature. Everything looked normal, so I hopped in and began my journey back home, feeling that the issue could be better dealt with if I wasn't in a parking lot. I felt a definite loss of power and heard a constant ticking noise that increased in volume when accelerating, but disappeared once my foot was off of the gas.
On my way home, the vehicle stalled at a light and would not turn over. I pushed it around the corner and tried starting it again, successfully. I drove the rest of the way home, during which the ticking and loss of power became far more pronounced. The temperature also shot up very quickly. The car stalled again around 2 miles down the road, in front of my house, luckily enough. I popped the hood and noted that the reservoir was once again overflowing. I let it cool down for awhile before removing the radiator cap, which immediately began spewing profuse amounts of coolant. I tried starting the car again, but it has since refused to do so. I could hear gurgling in the upper radiator hose around 20 minutes after the engine had been shut off and last I checked, both the radiator and the reservoir were completely filled with coolant. There does not appear to be any oil in the coolant or vice versa and I'm somewhat stumped as to what could be going on here. Help would be very much appreciated.
TL; DR - Ticking noise when accelerating, stalled, Coolant reservoir is overflowing, won't start.
Please help!